uh here we go dear Dave if you could be any past president who would you
be just wondering Stacy Bettis uh lanoki Arkansas
um gee that's a good question you know I I don't know much about uh his you know who's
a real history buff though who knows everything about the past presidents is Alan Coulter did not
know that it's a kind of a surprise our announcer Alan calter he knows everything about uh Alan in
fact which of the past presidents which one would you want to be do you have any thoughts on that
hmm I'd have to say Calvin Coolidge Dave I mean just think of it being the president of
the United States during the Roaring Twenties the Jazz Age the Model T flappers chin joints
and Babe Ruth what a paradise in fact why don't we travel back to the 20s right now let's go everyone
what what happened
what where's Alan there was a short and Allen's Allen's microphone I'm sorry what
happened Harold there was an electrical short analys microphone oh at least he didn't suffer
okay thank you thank you very much you mean he's he's dead then yeah all right
thanks Ed I know you did all you could don't blame yourself okay I'm done
well we'll get another guy
uh letter number two Dear Dave what is your most memorable moment at CBS Andrew Bishop
Christ Church in New Zealand uh you know there's some wonderful folks here and you only have good
moments because of the good people and that brings to mind you know Dan Rather Dan Rather
is retiring in March and he's been the Anchorman of the CBS Evening News for 24 years wow yeah
and it'll be sad when Dan finally steps in first Tom brokaw's leaving in on Dan wrenth but CBS uh
they're auditioning guys already won the night the Evening News have you seen the other day yeah some
are good some are like on air auditions really yeah take a look is what a guy saw last night
or something it's the CBS Evening News here's Dan ratherston in a case that involved an arrest for
failings about the court said such an arrest does not amount to an unreasonable search and seizure
TNC what does that mean top-notch comedy that's what we got here you can't see letter
number three uh hi Dave any chance of Richard Simmons coming back for a Thanksgiving special
uh John Brinley uh High Ridge Missouri well let me tell you a little something
about Richard Simmons he was uh he used to be on the program all the time remember the
old days it was one of your favorites yeah he'd come on well let's all put it that way exactly
uh and he was always interested in and exciting but always endlessly annoying
and and uh the last time he was on the show was I don't know four or five years ago on
on Thanksgiving just about this time of year in 2000 the year 2000 so it would
have been four years ago here's what happened that night we got into a terrible fight okay
within four years and I said let's take the high road let's do the right thing
so ladies and gentlemen after a four-year absence we're bringing him back tonight
do me a favor say hello to our old friend Richard Simmons Richards come on out here
all right everybody good to see you
I love you Dave love you too Richard Take Care thank you very much
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taller did you notice that what it is something there's something different yeah he's a little
taller yeah that'll happen uh Dear Dave do you stay up every night to watch your own show Craig
moisey uh Brockville Ontario uh you know I really I can't because I have things uh in my hobbies so
I can't you have huh I guess I can't my scrapbooks and such huh but our stage hand Pat farmer has a
show that I never missed did you know if he's got a show that farmer has his own no it's absolutely
true let's take a look am I right about that Pat that's absolutely right Dave good it's
called surprise you're on TV oh surprise you're on TV take a look all right let's do foreign
just trying to put some money in the parking meter little does he know we
have a surprise in store for him watch closely
surprise you're on TV
nice job as always
farmer
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